Knodus nuptialis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Subfamilia: Stevardiinae
Genus: Knodus
Species: Knodus nuptialis

Name

Knodus nuptialis Menezes & Marinho, 2019

Holotype: MZUSP 124829, male, 46.5 mm SL, upstream dam, M. M. F. Marinho, P. Camelier, F. Dagosta, & V. Giovannetti, 7 August, 2015.

Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Altamira, Rio 13 de Maio at Small Hydroelectric Central Salto do Três de Maio, tributary of Rio Curuá, Rio Xingu basin, 8°44’59”S 55°1’58.8”W.

Paratypes: same locality as holotype

MZUSP 124828, 93 (22.0–56.0 mm SL, 5, C&S, 42.6–53.7 mm SL)
INPA 58848 (7, 41.2–57.4 mm SL)
MCP 54157 (7, 36.9–51.8 mm SL)
MNRJ 51442 (7, 36.5–55.9 mm SL), collected with holotype
MZUSP 97093, 43 (26.0–73.0 mm SL, mol), upstream dam, J. Birindelli, L. Sousa, A. Netto-Ferreira, M. Sabaj-Perez & N. Lujan, 22 Oct 2007
MZUSP 101425, 18 (31.3–68.9 mm SL), upstream dam, Netto-Ferreira, A. L., Birindelli, J. L., Sousa, L. & Hollanda-Carvalho, P., 23 Jan 2009
MZUSP 124827, 59 (21.9–47.9 mm SL), downstream dam, O. T. Oyakawa, M. M. F. Marinho, P. Camelier & R. Burger, 12 Oct 2017.

ZooBank: 31DC2F83-99F6-4EC6-A250-A196C90AB36F

References

Primary references

Menezes, N.A., Marinho, M. M. F. 2019. A new species of Knodus Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) with comments on nuptial tubercles and gill gland in characiform fishes. PLoS ONE. 14(7): e0217915. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217915 Reference page.

Links

Knodus nuptialis in the World Register of Marine Species

BHL bibliography
Knodus nuptialis – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Knodus nuptialis.
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